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Should the NHS be ditched?

Should the NHS be ditched?

It may be time to put Britain's beloved sacred cow out of its misery. Others disagree

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Melanie Phillips
Dec 11, 2022
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Celebrating the NHS; opening ceremony at London Olympics 2012

Britain’s National Health Service is the country’s most beloved sacred cow. It is, however, on its last legs. Although successive governments have poured more and more money into it, its performance gets steadily worse. Yet no government will contemplate ditching it for another health care sys…

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